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    Warning when Right or Left Join adds rows to data table

    I think it would be great if Spotfire would warn me when an insert column operation will add rows to the data. Sometimes this is intended, but other times, it is because there is a problem in the data quality. In my use case, adding rows is usuall...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 0 Future Consideration

    Legend to work as sub-filter for specific visualization

    Hello, as visual aid, a click on specific legend item can work as filter in/filter out on the visualization. See attached screenshots.
    almost 6 years ago in Spotfire / Visualization 2 Future Consideration

    Create a way to identify and/or clean up unused objects in Spotfire DXP (Calculated columns, Property Controls)

    This could be a multi-level feature: Option 1 – Flag whether the column/ Property Control is used in any other Column, Property Control, Viz, Data function Answers the question: will something in the report break if I delete this object? Example:...
    almost 8 years ago in Spotfire / Data Management 1 Future Consideration

    Better export functionality in Spotfire Cloud

    Better export functionality in Spotfire Cloud : For PowerPoint report writer - Looking for Bookmarks, Filters, and doc property PDF report writer - doc property
    almost 4 years ago in Spotfire / User Experience 0 Future Consideration

    ability to configure ListBoxFilter as the default filter type for all category columns

    Customer wants to have the ability to configure ListBoxFilter as the default filter type for all category columns. Currenly it seems filter types are determined by the count of unique values in each column. 1<= count <=10 => CheckBoxFilte...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

    Hortonworks connector system trust store support

    It's a pain to distribute and maintain certificate (.pem) files on Windows clients for the ODBC driver for Hortonworks. The Spotfire connector for Hortonworks should have a checkbox that enables the system trust store instead of the driver's local...
    about 6 years ago in Spotfire / Data Access 0 Future Consideration

    $esc() should also take strings as argument

    Sometimes it would be useful when $esc() could use a string argument instead of a property. For example to set a display name using a condition, something like the foloowing expression: [Column] as $esc(if(${property}="1","1","not 1"))
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Custom Expressions 0 Will not implement

    call another data function inside a data function

    Customer wants to call another data function inside a data function. We understand one can package the data function being call and deploy it. However this idea is simply do it inside a analysis. Thanks.
    about 4 years ago in Spotfire / Scripting 0 Future Consideration

    Display Name for Filters in Filter panel

    It should be possible to give filters a "Display Name" just as in visualisations. As far as I understand it, the filter name is always the column name and if you want to change it, the column has to be renamed. But in some cases it would be good t...
    about 8 years ago in Spotfire / Filters 0 Future Consideration

    Allow an Automation Services job to skip a step on error

    Scenario Automation Services job has multiple _Export Data Table to Library_ steps in the task list. However, some Data Table may be missing, at times, which would result in the job failing, since said table is not available to export. It'd be ide...
    about 2 years ago in Spotfire / Automation Services 1 Future Consideration
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